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TODAY'S TOP DEVELOPMENTS Thursday, August 22, 2013   Industry news, expert analysis, and daily updates on the most significant insurance coverage legal developments—from the insurance and legal experts of The National Underwriter Company.  CASE LAW Exclusions "Malicious Prosecution" Exclusion Does Not Exclude New Mexico's New Tort of "Malicious Abuse of Process," 10th Circuit Holds The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has ruled that a management liability policy's "malicious prosecution" exclusion encompassed only claims whose elements were essentially those of the common law cause of action for malicious prosecution and, therefore, did not exclude coverage for a new tort of "malicious abuse of process" recognized by the New Mexico Supreme Court. Read More Homeowners Insurance Single Gunshot Was One Occurrence Notwithstanding Number of People Injured, Alaska Supreme Court Holds The Alaska Supreme Court has held that a family's homeowner's insurance policy provided a $300,000 limit to "Each Occurrence" notwithstanding the number of insureds, and that a single gunshot was one occurrence notwithstanding the number of people who were injured. Read More Mediation New Jersey's Highest Court Rules that Settlements at Mediation Must be Reduced to Writing Prior to the Close of the Mediation Session to Be Enforceable The New Jersey Supreme Court has held that "if the parties to mediation reach an agreement to resolve their dispute, the terms of that settlement must be reduced to writing and signed by the parties before the mediation comes to a close." Read More Trial Strategy When Are an Insured's Counsel's Communications Prepared in Anticipation of Litigation? Pre-trial discovery disputes in insurance coverage litigation frequently involve a policyholder's efforts to obtain documents prepared by an insurance carrier's attorney on the ground that they are not protected by the work-product privilege. A new decision by an Indiana magistrate judge analyzes the work-product privilege in a first-party dispute in which an insurer sought to obtain communications involving its insured's counsel. Read More View All Case Law Developments    LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY Commercial Auto Prosecutors Allege that Defendant Insured Vehicles to Register Them, Uninsured Them, and Then Leased Them to Illegal Immigrants New Jersey prosecutors have alleged that Glenia S. DaSilva registered approximately 180 vehicles under three business entities over the past three years, adding them to business automobile insurance policies at the time the vehicles were registered with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and then removing them from the applicable automobile policies shortly after registration and the receipt of valid insurance cards. Read More Insurance Fraud 6 in California Insurance Fraud Ring Netted Over $400,000, Prosecutors Say Six people have been charged with running an insurance fraud ring throughout northern California and northern Nevada. Investigators asserted that the insurers' losses were between $400,000 and $600,000. Read More View All Legislative/Regulatory Developments      INDUSTRY NEWS Catastrophes Cost Global Insurers Over US$20 Billion in First Half of 2013, Swiss Re Reports Read More Sutherland Continues Expansion of Insurance and Financial Services Practice in New York Read More Former Willis Group CEO Joseph Plumeri Joins KKR as Senior Advisor Read More ABA Web Site Matches Volunteer Lawyers with Veterans Filing Disability Insurance Claims Read More Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Meadowbrook Insurance Group Read More View All Industry News Q&A Hail Blocking Gutters Not Exception to Commercial Property Limitation Browse our entire library of over 2,500 insurance resources and forms.    INSURANCE COVERAGE  LAW REPORT View Entire August Insurance Coverage Law Report   View Insurance Coverage Law Report Archives Steven A. Meyerowitz, ESQ. 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